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Figure 26. Specimens of Janthina krejcii sp. nov., all from Miradouro de Macela, road descending from Almagreira to Praia, Santa Maria 
I., Azores, Zanclean. (A-B, D-E) holotype, SMF10135a; C, F, paratype, SMF10135c; G-H, paratype, SMF10135b; all from road cut 
opposite Miradouro de Macela, coll. K. Krejci-Graf. (I-N) 2 paratype moulds, GNS WM18973, sandstone in foundations of Miradouro 
de Macela. Scale bar 10 mm. 
Apparently J. krejcii sp. nov. occurs also at Pinheiros, a 
short distance NW of Cre, Santa Maria Island, but this 
locality requires re-collecting. It is not clear as yet whether 
J. krejcii sp. nov. represents a restricted Atlantic species 
or, as seems more likely, it happened to live during a late 
Zanclean time interval that is otherwise not represented by 
facies suitable for the preservation of Janthina fossils. It 
is intermediate between/, chavani and the living Janthina 
species in having consistent axial ridges but lacking spiral 
folds. Only the collection of J. krejcii at further localities 
will clarify its time and geographical ranges and its position 
in the phylogeny of Janthina species. 
